e never noticed lips on a man

ow Re

y feet. I turn to the door to find the maître d' st

s for the guest's benefit.

" he grimaces. "I'm going to ne

n Eastern European tang

ord. I mumble a hasty apology and walk s

e I was being drugged in there. Tip-toeing closer and clos

owher

into the hallway and someone steps forward out

s C

E

ce carries through the crack in the door. I don

dy know everything there is

ing here?" Willo

an?" he growls. "I calle

m working, Casey. You prom

sick of this p

not a

me as the type-but then, no one really fights back

need the drama here. If you can't leave your bagga

hift. Please," Willow

rist. Getting fired would be th

est thing for y

a moment..." The maître

douche bag retorts. There's haugh

ne ought to r

ne li

I see the asshole hand the maître d' a crisp h

The maître d' sl

ne. As though the absence of a third p

" she says. "I

head. I've given you the clothes on your back.

she cries out. "Well, I'm done being

he husband.

using his words. Instead, with a practiced motion, he

wls. "So you

the option," she

me wonder how a woman like her ever convinced her

serves

eserv

ls right in her face. "You're never leaving me. I'm sick and tired of this Mis

you greeted me?" she asks. "By

He rears back and sla

r me to

It slams against the wall, sending s

me with wide eyes. Willow is staring a

mmers, grasping for the appropriate tone

rn my eyes on the

talked down to. It's clear from the greasy pomade of his raked-back hai

taries fawning all over him and rivals fuming every time

now is that he's not

in

ing more than a coc

ck are you?

ed with shame. "I'm sorry, Mr. Solovev. We

says my name. I could get used

tell her. "I think you

his full height. He's reasonably tall, at least six feet

s my goddamn wife, and you are-I don't even know who the

nstinctively. His body knows what his brain is too s

, mudak," I breathe. "I expect my wait

fucking h

can do to stop me. I grab the front of

. "Are you fucking cr

ng anywhere wi

ker, I'm h

ed voice. "Ask me if I give a fuck. No

sming in my grasp. "I'm no

f his head clacks against the